Smoothing-iron.



S. G. BUSKARD.

SMOOTHING IRON.

APPLIOATION IILBDJAN. 3, 1910.

970,788, Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

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Ii M521 the lever J, to operate therein, :said lever is SAMUEL G. BUSKARD, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SMOOTHINGJRON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Application filed January 3, 1910. Serial No. 535,961.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. BUsKARn, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and

resident of Hamilton, in the county of Went- 5 worth, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Smoothing-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Smoothing irons, and more articularly that class of irons for use by tai ore and garment workers in general.

The objects of my invention are first, to provide. a smoothing iron adapted to be heated b steam passing through a flexible steam tu e connected to the rear end of the iron; second, to provide means whereby steam may be dischar ed from the smoothing face of the iron, t ereb avoidin chilling the iron, and also avoi ing the g ossing of the cloth; third, toaflord means whereby the steam issuing from the face of the iron ma be instantly controlled, and inde endent y cut off fourth, to afford facilities for heatin and moistening the garment being irone without the aid of water or a sponge. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- I Figure 1 is an elevation of the smoothing iron. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same.

7 Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the iron through the broken vertical line A. A. of Fig. 2, of the drawing. Fig. 4 is a sectional end elevation of the iron through the broken vertical line B. B. of Fig. 2 of the drawing. Fig; 5 is a sectional end elevation of the iron through the broken vertical line C. C. of Fig. 2 of the drawing. Fig. 6 is steam entrance and valve to the smoothing iron and tothe perforations in the face of the iron.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing D. isv a hollow smoothing iron having a cover E., fitting snugly therei on and rigidly secured thereto by means of flanges 2, which fit snugly in the iron, and

secured thereto in the usual manner.

- F. is asbestos secured on the inner side of the cover to revent the same from heating. .H. is the l iandle secured to the cover by means of its end supports 3 and screws 4.

The rear end support 3 has a slot 5 to allow an enlarged detail elevation of a part of tlie fulcrumed on a transverse pin 6, in the support 3, and in said slot 5. On the rear end of the hollow iron is a gland box 7 the rear end of which has a gland 8, and a flexible steam tube K. forms a part of the gland or collar 8, and is for the purpose of securing the flexible tube to and inthegland box 7. In the interior, or chamber, 9 of the iron, and in proximity to the rear end thereof, is a hollow transverse bridge or passage M., which communicates with the longitudinal open ended steam channels or ways vN. in the lower part of the iron, and forming a part of the same.

O. are a plurality of transverse steam passagesor ways in the lower part of the steam chamber 9, formin a part of the iron and oommunicatin with channels N. are a plurality of small holes, or perforations, extending from the passages N. and O. to and throu h the face of the iron. The perforations may be drilled with a very fine drill through the face of the iron to communicate with the steam channels and with the steam ways, to allow the discharge of steam through said perforations to the cloth being ironed. A greater number of the perforations P. may

e used than those shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, also a greater number of transverse steam ways O. may be used if deemed necessary to answer the purpose of the iron. The purpose of the perforations P. is to allow the steam to pass through to moisten the cloth while ironing the same, and previous to the ironing operation, when desirable.

R. is a hollow neck, extending rearward from the hollow bridge M. to proximity to the inserted end of the steam tube connection K., and near enough to allow a steam assage 12 around the neck R. to the ho ow smoothin iron to heatthe same, independently of t e steam entering the neck R.

A small valve 8., shown in Fi 6 of the drawing, is located in the neck and is shown closed in its seatin 13 in said neck. The upper end of the vertlcal stem 10 of the valve is pivotally connected to the lever J., which is within touch of the hand when on the handle of the iron.

By'slight pressure by the hand on the lever J. the valve is consequently raised and vthereby opened, and the steam then passes from the tube K. into the neck R., thence through the valve and into the bridge M.,

the longitudinal steam "and into the channels,the steam ways and the steam ways 0,, or supplying steam to the hollow iron conjointly with said channels and ways,

The principal obj ect of my-invention is to supply'steam to enter the smoothing iron to independently heat the same, and to supply steam to pass through the 'erforations in the bottom, or face, of the 11011, that said steam may moisten and heat the cloth being ironed.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1; A hollow smoothing iron having a perforated bottom, a cover on the iron, open ended channels,"having a neck, in the iron,

' transverse steam ways communicating with the channels, said channels and ways communicating with the perforated bottom, a flexible steam pipe secured to the rear end of the iron and adapted to convey steam into the hollow iron, a valve in the said neck, and

-means connected to the valve whereby steam from the flexible tube may be admitted into said neck and cutofi from the same.

2. A'smoothing iron having a chamber and perforations through the bottom of the iron, a cover on the iron, a handle secured mores -on the cover, steam channels in thechamber, steam Ways communicating with the channels, said perforations communicating with a said channels and ways, a flexible steam tube secured to the rear end of the iron and adapted to feed the chamber withsteam, means on the steam channels to admit steam from the flexible tube and from the chamber,

and means to cut off the-steam from said we channels, thereby excluding the steam from the perforations. v v

3. In a smoothing iron, an iron having a chamber and perforations through the-bottom thereof, steam channels, or ways,in said chamber communicating with said erforations, a flexible tube connectedvto t e iron and adapted to'admit the ingress of steam into the chamber thereof, to heat the iron, i

and means connected to the iron to admit steam from the chamber into said steam channels, or ways, and means to control and to cut ofif the steam from said channels or ways.

4. In a smoothing iron, an iron vhaving a v plurality of perforationsthrough the bottom thereof and a chamber, a plurality of steam ways in the chamber, saidperforations communicating with said steam ways, a

flexible tube connected to the rear of the iron and adapted to supply steam to said chamber, means to admit steam from the chamber into said steam ways, and means I 3 connected to the steam ways, and to the iron for cutting off the supply of 'st steam ways. I I

' SAMUELG. BUSKARD.

Witnesses:

J OHN H. HENDRY, RICHARD BUTLER.

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